Laura’s Review of The Lover’s Promise (No Exceptions, #3) by J.C. Reed

Synopsis

Meeting Jett was like lighting a match. Dangerous. Scorching. And better left untouched. In his game, some secrets can be deadly.

Brooke Stewart, a realtor in New York, is sure of one thing. She has to stay away from the one man who betrayed her. He fooled her once, and she won’t let it happen again. When her loans are settled by the very man who’s a murder suspect, little choice does she have than to confront him and risk falling for him again.

Dangerously sexy and arrogant millionaire Jett Mayfield knows his secrets destroy trust. However, when they serve to protect the woman he loves, he has no intention of risking Brooke’s life. When Brooke seeks him to get an explanation, little does he know that there’s something worse that threatens to destroy their lives. Soon there’s only one choice: break or get broken. When everything is spiraling out of control, will his promise keep her by his side…or will he lose her forever?

A man who will never forget her
A woman who can’t trust him
Both are on the run
2 Lives. 2 Destinies.
One Promise

What I Loved

          Okay, all I got to say about this installment in this series is FINALLY! Jett and Brooke’s story has become a labyrinth of mysterious, secrets, lies, and just pure craziness.  The craziness gets even crazier in the Lover’s Promise and I’m not gonna lie, this book was so good and since I was sick yesterday I read ended power reading this entire book in one day.  I just need there to be some kind of peace of mind when it came to Brooke and what she was going through and by the end of this one, I finally got that.  It’s definitely the first time where Brooke as a character has started to grow and change and sit back and think rationally about everything.  I hate it when the female lead characters tend to be the weaker of the two in a relationship, and when I say weaker I mean mentally as well as physically and I can definitely say Brooke is gaining her inner strength.  We pick up the story immediately after The Lover’s Game with Brooke in a dangerous corner, leading her to make some irrational decisions.  It’s obvious that Brooke’s life is still in danger and watching her go through all this mystery and heartbreak is nothing short of addicting. 

Not So Much

          Since this is a four part series, I guess I just didn’t feel like there was enough progression with the plot.  The plot got a little too thin for me at times, and the crazier Brooke got with everything, the more she started to annoy me.  At a certain point I just wanted to scream at her because to me, it’s pretty freaking obvious what is happening to Jett and to Brooke.  Brooke’s imagination is definitely still running wild, and her ramblings get a little too long winded at times and I wish could’ve been cut down.  I will say I am starting to like Brooke a little bit more again, but her constant denial of what is going on around her is tiring and becoming too frustrating.   I know that the next one in this series is the last, so I’m definitely looking forward to closure and resolution because the repetition of the storylines is becoming tiring.

To Sum it All Up!

      

    Overall this book for a good three quarters of it was frustrating, Brooke burying her head in the sand and ignoring her real issues was annoying.  The plot didn’t move along as quickly as I would’ve liked to be but I’m still very much addicted to Jett and Brooke and can’t wait to see what happens next.  Even though it’s obvious what has been happening to Brooke I still don’t know how this will end and I love that part of the story.  The real progress is made towards the end of this story, and it was probably the most character development for both Jett and Brooke.  I like that the point of view switched to Jett’s a couple times because it answered questions that I had from the previous books.  More questions are answered towards the end, not all but a lot which was awesome.  The love between Jett and Brooke is still very much alive and I can’t wait for them to have their happily ever after.